Charlotte Skyline Shots

[revitalize]

very cool photo. you really gain the perspective of this nice little dense urban package wrapped up in the ribbon of 277/77.

[Delta_USAir]

~Charlotte Now

~ Charlotte with 6 more buildings

Charlotte with 11 new buildings. {As many 25+ story towers Charlotte has proposed right now. Not counting Berkman Tower though} A big 1000 foot tower would look good in the middle of uptown.

[uptownliving]

Here is an updated pic from Cordelia Park. Took it this weekend. Avenue is really filling in a gap from this angle and you can just see Trademark peeking out from behind Odell.

[Mobuchu]

^^^What a difference the Vue is going to make there. Great shot UL.

[mjfhokie]

Making me look at all these GREAT skyline pictures makes me feel so good that I decided to move to Charlotte for my first job!

[uptownliving]

[Mobuchu]

I've been thinking, and especially with all the recent announcements, that we are going to have an ugly skyline for the next couple years. It is already tough to get a good shot of the skyline with just the Avenue tower crane in the way. Whats it going to look like when some of these even taller projects are going up? 210 Trade, Aloft, 6 cranes at the Wachovia site, Vue, Bofa and Ritz, 300 S. Tryon, possibly a couple at the Trump site, 4 Novare projects around the 3rd ward park. Not to mention the possiblities around Rennaisance, spirit square, Berkman, etc...... A large city like NY could get away with this, but in a small dense cluster of buildings that is Charlotte? Its going to look like we are rebuilding the entire city, cranes everywhere. Its been on my mind because many out of towners love our dense skyline, not so much in a couple years.

And since this is a photo thread and people are asking for future renderings.....

Here's what Charlotte will look like

[New Name]

I've been thinking, and especially with all the recent announcements, that we are going to have an ugly skyline for the next couple years. It is already tough to get a good shot of the skyline with just the Avenue tower crane in the way. Whats it going to look like when some of these even taller projects are going up? 210 Trade, Aloft, 6 cranes at the Wachovia site, Vue, Bofa and Ritz, 300 S. Tryon, possibly a couple at the Trump site, 4 Novare projects around the 3rd ward park. Not to mention the possiblities around Rennaisance, spirit square, Berkman, etc...... A large city like NY could get away with this, but in a small dense cluster of buildings that is Charlotte? Its going to look like we are rebuilding the entire city, cranes everywhere. Its been on my mind because many out of towners love our dense skyline, not so much in a couple years.

[nowensone]

For those that like the "crane skylines" of Miami or Dubai, CLT will look awesome. Personally I'd be happier moving away for a few years as I don't have patience to be local and waiting each painstaking day after painstaking day for the final product.

[queensguy06]

^I think it will look rather unique, actually. How many cities in the U.S. have anywhere near that type of development under construction in their urban core. It will truly be a sight to see; like a mini-Dubai.

[JRNYP2C]

Good point. I was born just before the big dig started in Boston, and moved away just a few years before it was completed. In 20 years of construction for the Big Dig, I never knew what it was like to see South Boston without 20-25 cranes. My mother used to call it "crane city." My parents moved out of Boston because of the traffic and congestion and to this day HATE to go into the city...all the roads are different now. I hope this construction doesn't scare away our residents of the greater area... construction and cranes are cool; but not for 20 years straight.

[grodney]

A shot not previously available, through the old Duke Power building:

And here's my view every morning as I walk out of the Mint Street parking deck. This is beautiful at sunrise. I'll have to try to get a shot of that.

[uptownliving]

A shot not previously available, through the old Duke Power building:

[Mobuchu]

From 277 next to the ADM plant and silos.

The view from midtown with the 2nd ward gov. district in the foreground.

[cltheel.sdl]

Nice pics, Mo! Both very impressive!

[Charlotteman]

Uptown littered with cranes in every direction is a bad thing?????

In the next few years motorists on 77 will not only get the usual stunning view of Uptown, they will also be viewing lots of cranes all at once. A sure sign of success by anyone's measure.

[MZT]

The view while driving south on Statesville is quite panormaic, as Avenue and Trademark have helped fill some gaps. The only noticable gap from that angle, is between Hearst and the Odell building.

[Noneck_08]

I shot this from the parking lot of Dunkin Donuts/CVS about a month ago.

[tiblerbrit]

Thats a really cool view. Avenue and Trademark make the skyline look a lot more modern.

[RiverwoodCLT]

I shot this from the Dunkin Donuts second foor today.

[UrbanCharlotte]

[MZT]

Here's a long distance one. Just a quick shot with a 3x zoom cheapie camera. I'd say this is about 17 miles northeast of the center of town.

I took this at Hwy 49 and Old Charlotte Rd outside of Concord.

[rockhilljames]

Think of the depth that the Novare towers and park are going to add to this shot:

[cinco]

Here's a long distance one. Just a quick shot with a 3x zoom cheapie camera. I'd say this is about 17 miles northeast of the center of town.

I took this at Hwy 49 and Old Charlotte Rd outside of Concord.

[AuLukey]

Yea, one of my friends lives in Harrisburg and every time I'm driving back down 49 towards UCity, there is that great view of uptown for about five miles. It does make your realize you're in the suburbs though as BoA is shorter than half an extended pinky finger at full arm's length.